Command prompt help

[noble_aloof]

i'm running xp. im trying to create a simple file to ping my router.

 

 

 

what i need to do:

 

have the user define a variable

 

have this variable work

 

 

 

heres what i have so far

 

 

@echo off

 

title testing network

 

echo please enter ip adress

 

rem this is where the user of the batch file should set the varible %ip%

 

(i have no idea how to get the user to input a variable)

 

pause

 

pinging %ip%

 

ping %ip% -w 1

 

echo done

 

pause

 

exit

 

 

 

 

i've looked all over online.. i cannot figure this out. please help

[MageUK]

Try something like this:

 

@echo off

title Testing Network

echo Please enter IP address...

SET /P IP=[iP]

pause

echo Pinging %ip%...

ping %ip% -w 1

echo Done

pause

exit

[noble_aloof]

thank you very much. this should help with other things aswell.